A power generation plant in Puerto Rico that provides roughly a quarter of the island’s power has been substantially damaged after a series of powerful earthquakes hit the U.S. territory
, in a major setback to the island’s already fragile electrical grid.
The Costa Sur Power Plant, the island’s largest, experienced “destruction on a grand scale,” said José Ortiz, executive director of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority at a Thursday news conference. The plant is located in Guayanilla, a southern municipality close to...
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